Robert E Howard

Robert E. Howard tunnetaan parhaiten barbaarisoturi Conanin luojana, mutta hänen tuotantoonsa kuuluu paljon muutakin vahvaa fantasiaa. Kultaisen kallon kirous sisältää aiemmin suomentamattomia Howardin novelleja, joissa seikkailee Valusian kuningas Kall. Hurjat hirviöt ja yliluonnolliset viholliset uhkaavat kuningasta, joka ratsastaa taisteluun miekka heiluen ja punaiset tappajat vierellään.

Fantaasiakirjandusele aluse pannud legendaarne kirjanik Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) oli äärmiselt mitmekülgene kirjamees, eesti keeleski on juba olemas kümmekond ta raamatut barbar Conanist, Punasest Sonjast, piktide pealikust Bran Mak Mornist ja teistest iidsete ajastute mõõgakangelastest. Nende kaante vahele on kogutud kirjaniku 13 ajalooainelist lahinguid ja võitlusi, verd ja vihavaenu, üllameelsust ja kättemaksu täis lühiromaani, jutustust ja lühipala, mille tegevuspaikade ja -aegade diapasoon ulatub Suure rahvasterändamise perioodil Rooma riigi varemeid hävitavaist vandaalidest 5. sajandi Vahemerel varakeskaja Põhjamere viikingiteni, ristisõdade ajastu Bütsantsist ja Püha Maa vürstiriikidest kauge Kesk-Aasta suurte impeeriumide ja vallutajate nagu Tshingis-khaani ja Lonkur Timurini. Vähem osav ei olnud Howard ka 17. sajandi Kariibi mere ja Vaikse ookeani piraatide süngete seikluste kujutamisel.

Conan the Barbarian from Cimmeria, created by Robert E. Howard has hundreds of stories written about him. This is a selection of some of the best stories of Conan by Robert E. Howard himself, with some of the most defining adventures of this hero: Shadows in the Moonlight, Shadows in Zamboula, The Vale of Lost Women, and Red Nails. They are presented to you in an official edition, that is, without adding external changes (prologues, footnotes, introductions, etc.) or alterations to the original texts as they were first published.

Conan, the Barbarian from Cimmeria is the hero created by Robert E. Howard. This is an official edition with some of the best stories written by Robert E. Howard himself: Jewels of Gwahlur, Beyond the Black River, and The Black Stranger. Presented to you without changes, censorship, prologues, external footnotes, or any other interruption to the original text as it was created. In this selection of stories we get to see new aspects of Conan in a time of high adventure and we will learn more about the riddle of steel.

Robert M. Price is well known to fans of H.P Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos. He is the founder of Crypt of Cthulhu as well as editor of numerous Cthulhu Mythos anthologies. Blasphemies & Revelations collects the early fiction of Robert M. Price. These stories first appeared in small press magazines including Nyctalops, Eldritch Tales, Vollmond, and FantasyBook. For the most part, they are sequels to many of H.P. Lovecraft's major tales. Price eschewsthe frequent sins of Lovecraft pasticheurs. He adds no monstrous gods to the Cthulhu Mythospantheon, nor any new eldritch grimoires to the Lovecraftian shelf. But his stories share withLovecraft an idiom of scholarly prose, which comes naturally to Price because of his academiccareer as a biblical scholar, an advantage few Lovecraftian writers can boast. Stories include"Saucers from Yaddith," "The Deprogrammer," "Wilbur Whateley Waiting," "A ThousandYoung," "The Devil's Steps," "The Beard of Byatis," and "Black Eons."

Conan, the Barbarian of Cimmeria is the hero created by Robert E. Howard. This official edition contains some of the best stories of Conan written by Robert E. Howard himself: Xuthal of the Dusk, The Phoenix on the Sword, The Scarlet Citadel, and The Hyborian Age (a guide to the universe of Conan written by Howard as well). They are presented to you without censorship, prologues, external footnotes, changes, or any other interruption to the original text as it was created.

Robert E. Howard is best known today for his "sword-and-sorcery" stories. But in the early 1930s, he was a legend in boxing circles for his humorously over-the-top adventure stories starring the sailor Steve Costigan, champ of the Sea Girl -- the toughest trading vessel on the Seven Seas. Steve is an A.B. mariner and amateur boxer, with a heart of gold -- and a head of solid wood. In these 21 tales, he blows around the waterfronts of various Far East ports with his white bulldog Mike, getting swindled by clever dames, pummeling the occasional underworld criminal, and getting into epic fistic battles with anyone who can take a good punch -- in or out of the ring.Here's a taste -- the first four paragraphs of "Circus Fists" ME AND THE Old Man had a most violent row whilst the Sea Girl was tied up at the docks of a small seaport on the West Coast. Somebody put a pole-cat in the Old Man's bunk, and he accused me of doing it. I denied it indignantly, and asked him where he reckoned I would get a pole-cat, and he said well, it was a cinch somebody had got a pole-cat, because there it was, and it was his opinion that I was the only man of the crew which was low-down enough to do a trick like that.This irritated me, and I told him he oughta know it wasn't me, because I had the reputation of being kind to animals, and I wouldn't put a decent skunk where it would have to associate with a critter like the Old Man.This made him so mad that he busted a bottle of good rye whiskey over my head. Annoyed at such wanton waste of good licker, I grabbed the old walrus and soused him in a horse-trough-us being on the docks at the time.The Old Man ariz like Neptune from the deep, and, with whiskers dripping, he shook his fists at me and yelled, "Don't never darken my decks again, Steve Costigan. If you ever try to come aboard the Sea Girl, I'll fill you fulla buckshot, you mutineerin' pirate ""Go set on a marlin-spike," I sneered. "I wouldn't sail with you again for ten bucks a watch and plum duff every mess. I'm through with the sea, anyhow. You gimme a bad taste for the whole business. A landman's life is the life for me, by golly. Me and Mike is goin' to fare forth and win fame and fortune ashore."

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Barbaarisoturi Conanin luojana tunnettu Robert E. Howard esittelee tässä fantasiaromaanissa aivan uuden sankarin, joka pakenee maapallolta toisessa aurinkokunnassa sijaitsevalle planeetalle. Almuric on aitoa Howardia parhaimmillaan: toimintaa täynnä oleva vauhdikas seikkailu, jossa paha saa palkkansa ja mielikuvitukselliset hirviöt joutuvat maistamaan viiltävää terästä.

Home is behind, the world ahead. - J.R.R. TolkienOld gods outwitted by heroes. Magical weapons that bring good and evil. Dragons winging over the city or walking upon the earth. A wizard witnessing endless battles. These stories and more explore the theme of Re-Quest.Leave home behind and wander magical worlds in these 16 fantasy tales from an international roster of authors.Featuring fiction from Robert E. Howard, Douglas Smith, James Dorr, Lillian Csernica, Gregory L. Norris, Jonathan Shipley, Kelly A. Harmon, Doug C. Souza, Jennifer Rachel Baumer, Dale W. Glaser, CB Droege, Jeremy Zimmerman, Christine Lucas, Dennis Mombauer, Bradley Sinor, and Chris KuriataRe-Quest takes readers on fantastical quests filled with adventure, magic, and danger.

This is the fantasy anthology you've been looking for. Two hundred thousands words that will sweep you away to realms you've never imagined by some of the greatest writers the fantasy field has ever known. Pygmalion's Spectacles by Stanley Weinbaum Lean Times in Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber The Tree of Life by C. L. Moore The Hunt by Steve Rasnic Tem Beyond the Door by Philip K. Dick The Wild One Marion Zimmer Bradley Second Sight Alan E. Nourse Visitors' Night at Joey Chicago's by Mike Resnick The Lost Gods by Dorothy Quick Beyond the Black River Robert E. Howard Show of Shows by Gene Mederos Dream World by R. A. Lafferty The Trader by Nicole Givens Kurtz Subject to Change Ron Goulart Storm over Warlock Andre Norton Witch of the Demon Seas Poul Anderson The Laminated Woman by Evelyn E. Smith The Hunt by Brea Viragh The Salem Horror by Henry Kuttner Shatter the Wall by Sydney Van Scyoc Wizard by Laurence Janifer Famous Dead People by Warren Lapine Warm by Robert Sheckley How the Bells Came from Yang to Hubei by Brenda Clough

Trapped in the dungeons beneath an evil wizard's scarlet stronghold, Conan must confront a slew of new challenges and foes as he fights to free himself and reclaim the throne of Aquilonia Featuring duplicitous betrayers, sparring sorcerers, and all of the brutal excitement you've come to expect from the rampaging Cimmerian. One of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard

Almuric An interplanetary epic of sword and sorcery. First published in Weird Tales, May-Aug. 1939 (copyright unrenewed). We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.